Pounding the pavement or taking to the trails is a mental release I've never quite gotten anywhere else. I've always said running clears my head and yoga feeds my soul. It does that and so much more! As exhilarating as taking to the road or the hills can be it can pay havoc on our joints and muscles if we do not take adequate care.

Whether you are preparing for a big race or new to running this workshop is for you.

Learn how posture can effect your stamina and performance. Gain insight on how you can improve performance with a pranayama practice. Learn how 'your' body moves. With some deep stretching techniques to help gain access to some of the larger muscle groups and those muscles you may not have thought were necessary to your practice - Preventing any future injury.

With more than 20 years of Yoga and Running experience- Olwyn brings this and more to the workshop.

We find ourselves bombarded with chemicals everyday from what we put on our skin, in our hair to what's spray on our food, our cleaning products and the air we breathe.

Learn how to replace these harmful products with the best nature has to offer. Natural solutions for all the family's needs. Incorporating essential oils into your daily regime will help improve overall well being - emotional and physical as well as reducing toxic load.

This class will be in 3 parts feel free to come to any or all.

12:45PM-1:45PM - Everyday Essentials

1:45PM-2:15PM - If you already have or are interested in opening a wholesale account find out more about this and the benefits, bonuses and free gifts that come with it.

2:15PM-2:45PM - Doterra offers a very attractive business model for anyone interested in supplementing their income. Stay for this part of the class and find out more about this and the ongoing support you will receive if you join our team.

Class cost €10 (includes free essential oil sample) Free for those who already have an active Doterra account with me. Anyone enrolling on the day with an order of 100pv or more will receive a free gift from me. Please email me doterra@yogadublin.com to book

The AromaTouch Technique was created by Dr. David K. Hill, D.C., a physician and world-renowned expert in the medicinal use of essential oils. Dr. Hill created a technique that would be easy enough for anyone to learn and administer, yet powerful enough to produce consistent results. The AromaTouch Technique incorporates simple hand techniques with the power of essential oils to create a powerful whole body wellness experience. Whether you are young or old, male or female—anyone can learn the technique and put it to use in the lives of those we care for.

The AromaTouch Technique is a clinical approach to applying essential oils along energy meridians and visceral contact points of the back and feet to help balance sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems of the body.

The technique is simple and intuitive and the flowing, tension relieving, light touch massage combined with the most effective certified pure therapeutic grade essential oils will bring deep, unprecedented relaxation.

The AromaTouch Technique provides a strong support to the immune system and can bring immediate pain relief, particularly if the cause of discomfort and pain is underlying inflammation.

The AromaTouch Technique includes four primary steps designed to minimise systemic stressors to autonomic balance. Each step includes the application of two essential oils or essential oil blends specifically formulated to support healthy emotional and physiological functions for wellbeing.﻿

It is a very simple, light touch technique and is not only great for detoxing and de-stressing, but leaves you feeling incredibly relaxed and infused with amazing aromas!

Whether you are new to Yoga or have been practicing a while getting a better understanding of alignment that is best for your body is not only safer but will make your practice stronger.

In this workshop we will explore all of the most common poses in more detail. Looking at the general and sometimes varied instruction you may receive in class and how you should adapt it for your body. Making you and your practice stronger. With proper alignment you will creat more freedom within the body so you can focus on the breath. Improving overall health and well being.

Understanding healthy alignment in urdhva dhanurasana is key not just for safety in our backbends but also to feel invigorated and energised after we do one.

Knowing what muscles need to be strong and open to support the skeletal system is key - and then applying this knowledge to your own body; or if you are a teacher your students' bodies so it can be achieved.

This workshop is a must whether you are struggling to push up, looking to improve or wanting to advance with some variations.

Discover the Psoas and how it connects to physical, emotional and spiritual well being. Release tension and move with ease.

The Psoas can be tightened from out daily activities or lack of activity. They can also be restricted due to an emotional responce as they are connected to the diaphragm and reptilian part of the brain responsible for our fight, flight response which these days seems to be switched on 24/7.

We will do a series of stretches to release the psoas, exercises to strengthen the psoas along with mindfulness and breathing exercises and essential oils for our emotional health.

Take yourself to the next level in your practice by exploring the relationship between the muscles in and surrounding the pelvis. Bring stability and get more vitality, learning how to use these muscles more effectively in your practice. Go deep to the core with our exploration of mula bandha and uddiyana bandha.

This workshop is for all whether you are an athlete, runner or just an avid yogi. Rediscovering your practice by working from the inside out is going to take you deeper on so many levels. In February's workshop we talked about how posture and alignment in the pelvis may be the cause or the result of injury elsewhere. In this workshop we will take it to the next level examining the process of the Asana from where the movement begins and along the way how to adapt instruction in a general yoga class to suit your body type and your natural tendencies.

Yoga for Runners - Injury Prevention and Recovery and how to boost your performance on return.

Injury can be the most frustrating experience if you lead an active lifestyle. There is the temptation to push through the pain which just leads to a much longer road to recovery and risks making the injury even worse.

Yoga is the perfct cross-training activity no matter what your chosen activity is. Above all listening and understanding alignment techniques is paramount in understanding your natural tendencies and will help you understand what might be causing any problems.

As yoga teachers we spend our lives observing how are students are aligned. In Tadasana (Mountain Pose) and Downward-dog so much is revealed.

In this workshop we will seek to understand our natural alignment tendencies and how we can work to bring ourselves into more optimal aignment. Helping to prevent injury and boosting our performance on the road.

Sometimes we hit our 'wall' pretty early on in our running.When you feel you're at your limit with distance and pace.Discover how Yoga can help you move beyond it.

Finding balance in strength and flexibility is a huge part of our yoga practice. Quite often as runners we focus a little too much on the flexibility element of Yoga when strength is perhaps what is needed more.

This workshop will explore core strength through yoga.Uncover your inner power with a strong warrior sequence.Find balance through breath.

Developing a lifestyle of wellness requires implementation of healthy habits in two main areas—lifestyle and healthcare. Combined, proper nutrition, exercise, rest & stress management, and reduction of toxic load comprise a lifestyle that allows for maximum health. Each aspect builds on the others and if any piece is left out compromise occurs.“Toxic load” refers to the accumulation of all of the toxins affecting your body at any give time and the burden it places on the body systems and organs.Although your body deals with toxins in a number of ways, the three most vulnerable areas of exposure are the lungs, the digestive tract, and the skin due to more direct exposure. Toxins can be ingested through food we eat, inhaled in the air we breath, or absorbed trans-dermally when something is applied topically or contacts the skin. Each of these avenues has physiologic defense mechanisms to minimize toxic exposure.

This workshop will begin with a 45 minute Yoga Practice to detox, rest and renew. Following this practice that is suitable for all levels of yoga we will give a presentation on how essential oils can assist in reducing toxic load. From what you put on your skin, in your body, the air you breathe even what you clean your fruit and veg with, essential oils are nature's way to help. The workshop will also include details on a 30 day renewal program to kick start your body for the summer months.

Take yourself deeper into your practice! Let's remove "backbend" as a word from the workshop. When we take that away we perhaps open ourselves to a whole new world of possibilities. Quite often in class we are left feeling frustrated because we can't push up into Urdhva Dhanurasana and then it becomes this thing we can't get past. Or we get there too easily and don't get what the fuss is.

In this workshop I want to help move you beyond your concept of what a backbend is or should be. Let it be an exploration of the heart centre and opening up to all the possibilities life has to offer.Whether you do 10 Urdhva Dhanurasana push ups before breakfast or have never moved beyond Cobra or Bridge believe me this workshop is for you to help you get a deeper understanding of the muscles required in keeping you stable, which ones need to release and what you need to let go of. Above all allowing yourself to have fun, remove fear self doubt and leave the class with bright shiney open hearts.

More than 5000 people have died in the Nepal earthquake and the people there are in desperate need of our help. Join me for a yoga class June 6th 13:45pm at Yoga Dublin to lend our support or donate directly. All proceeds will go to Action Aid for Nepal.

A love of both running and Yoga guarantees a first hand exeprience as to how Yoga will enhance your running - strength and stamina. Stretching safely and smartly is key. Making the most of rest days, learning how to prevent injuries and heal quickly from any that may occur.

As this is a short 2 hour workshop I welcome any requests in advance on current issues, injuries etc. Email me at olwyn@yogaflow.ie and I will be sure to address and incorporate into the practice.

The workshop will be in 5 parts suitable for all whether you are new to running or yoga.

Emotions play a significant role in our overall health. Using essential oils to create emotional stability will have a profound effect on your health and well being.

When the fragrance of an essential oil is inhaled, the odour molecules trigger electrical impulses to the olfactory bulb in the brain. The olfactory bulb then transmits the impulses to the amygdala – where emotional memories are stored – and to other parts of the limbic system of the brain.

Because the limbic system is directly connected to those parts of the brain that control heart rate, blood pressure, breathing, memory, stress levels, and hormone balance, essential oils can have profound physiological and psychological effects… Olfactory responses to odors induce the brain to stimulate the release of hormones and neurochemicals that in turn alter the body’s physiology and behavior.

In this workshop learn how you can use essential oils to help with emotional health for you, your family, your home. Along with some relaxing breathing practices and restorative Yoga.

Moderate exercise and healthy eating go a long way towards keeping us healthy through the Winter Season but with our increasingly busy lifestyles and the stresses that can go along with them, it may not be enough.

Yoga helps boost immune function, it is key for keeping lymph flowing

·Supporting the thymus gland

·Improving circulation

·Improving oxygen flow and aiding the transfer of energy from nutrients to cells

·Improving the flow of the sinuses and flushing out mucous from the lungs

·Increasing lung mobility

·Massaging and rejuvenating internal organs

·Relaxing the nervous system and boosting immune response

Along with Yoga in the workshop we are going to look at using therapeutic grade essential oils as a way to boost immune function and also how they can help us if we do get sick.

Essential oils are highly concentrated, known to be 50-70 times more powerful than herbs. A natural way to take care of health. They kill viruses and bacteria. Whilst antibiotics cannot penetrate cell membranes essential oils can. Learn how to use essential oils effectively in the home keeping the whole family strong and healthy for the upcoming season!

Yoga for runners suitable for all from the new runners to the seasoned who may be running the Marathon this year. Learn how to increase stamina, prevent lower back pain, stay safe and injury free on the road all whilst improving your running ability.

Includes free sample of doTerra's outstanding Deep Blue for all who attend - a must for tired and sore muscles!

The workshop will be in 5 parts suitable for all whether you are new to running or yoga.

I recently became an Independent Product Consultant for doTerra Essential Oils because quite simply I was amazed at how they worked. Taking what I previously thought about essential oils (not a lot) and turning it on its head.Read more about my discovery in my blog and on my website.

Starting next week I am excited to offer a series of classes showing you how to detox your life using essential oils. Starting in the home with your cleaning products, moving to the medicine cabinet and finding ways to avoid using a lot of over the counter medication which can in the long run be detrimental to ours and our children's health. Then moving to the body and using these oils and more to give your whole system a reboot (who doesn't need that a few times a year).

Classes will be held at the Samadhi Centre Rathgar on the following datesTuesday July 15th 8:30PM-9:30PMTuesday July 22nd 8:30PM-9:30PMTuesday July 29th 8:30PM-9:30PM

Free Sample of doTerra essential oils for all who attend

Please call or email me to book a place as space is limited. (085)153-0673 info@yogaflow.ie

I recently became an Independent Product Consultant for doTerra Essential Oils because quite simply I was amazed at how they worked. Taking what I previously thought about essential oils (not a lot) and turning it on its head.Read more about my discovery in my blog and on my website.

Starting next week I am excited to offer a series of classes showing you how to detox your life using essential oils. Starting in the home with your cleaning products, moving to the medicine cabinet and finding ways to avoid using a lot of over the counter medication which can in the long run be detrimental to ours and our children's health. Then moving to the body and using these oils and more to give your whole system a reboot (who doesn't need that a few times a year).

Classes will be held at the Samadhi Centre Rathgar on the following datesTuesday July 15th 8:30PM-9:30PMTuesday July 22nd 8:30PM-9:30PMTuesday July 29th 8:30PM-9:30PM

Free Sample of Oils to all who attend

Please call or email me to book a place as space is limited. (085)153-0673 info@yogaflow.ie

I recently became an Independent Product Consultant for doTerra Essential Oils because quite simply I was amazed at how they worked. Taking what I previously thought about essential oils (not a lot) and turning it on its head.Read more about my discovery in my blog and on my website.

Starting next week I am excited to offer a series of classes showing you how to detox your life using essential oils. Starting in the home with your cleaning products, moving to the medicine cabinet and finding ways to avoid using a lot of over the counter medication which can in the long run be detrimental to ours and our children's health. Then moving to the body and using these oils and more to give your whole system a reboot (who doesn't need that a few times a year).

Classes will be held at the Samadhi Centre Rathgar on the following datesTuesday July 15th 8:30PM-9:30PMTuesday July 22nd 8:30PM-9:30PMTuesday July 29th 8:30PM-9:30PM

Free Sample of oils for all who attend

Please call or email me to book a place as space is limited. (085)153-0673 info@yogaflow.ie

Twists are hugely popular when we think of detoxing the body's organs. But they are also tremendously effective when we want to release negative energies and thought patterns.

We will look at the Solar Plexus Chakra (Manipura) in which resides our self esteem our get up and go, our ability to transform. We will twist to get things moving then move from this place to reignite our strength and passion. Using a blend of essential oils specific for this chakra to restore confidence in one's Self and one's creations. This blend rekindles the fire of the personality and fills the heart with creativity and joy.

Discover a new way to twist, shout and let it all out with some strong and cleansing breath work too.

Hanuman Jayanti marks the birth of Hanuman, the Monkey God . celebrated April 15th wil provide the background and inspiration for this workshop.

Hanuman was a loyal devotee of Rama who is said to have leapt from southern India to the Himalaya's to retrieve a plant that would save Laksmana's life (Rama's brother). He represents loyalty and devotion. In yoga he is represented in Hanumanasana or the splits. This pose asks that you not merely stretch your legs but also that you bring devotion and loyalty to your practice. You can overcome any obstacle when that fiery devotion is combined with love and respect.

This is a hip/hamstring workshop that will lead to Hanumanasana & many variations using props. The opening up of the legs, hamstrings, and hip flexors is a reflection of a deeper opening inside. When you maintain an inner quality of expansive devotion, the fight to open your hamstrings will cease and it will become a joyous attempt to discover your true capacity.